Rail-joint.



J. GIGZEWSKI.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 21, 1907.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

-UNTED STATES PATENT OFFLCE JOHN eIoZEwsKI, or wnsr HAMMOND, ILLINOIS.

' RAIL-JOINT.

No. 912,558. I

Specicatonof Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909;.'

Application filed October 2'1, 1907. Serial No. 398,326.

face may be presented, thereby preventingv the annoying features usually attendant at the gaps between the rails. Another object bisto provide means for positively maintainingv such means in positionwith respect to the rails whereby the wear upon the rails and joints will be equal. Another object is to provide a joint which shall possess certain novel characteristics and advantages.' To such end the inventionl consists in certain novel features of construction, a description of whichwill be found in the following specifcation and theessential features of which will be more definitely pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings furnished herewith in which- Figure 1 is aside view of a fragment of j two adjacent rails, with my improved joint applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan upon Va smaller scale. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3T3-of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an end view -of a modified form of'plate.

The rails 1 and 2 intermediate the ends of the rails in the usual manner and laid with their-ends 4 5 set close together', as is usual. If the ties abut each other perfectly, the wheels of the cars will pass from one rail Vto the other without notice, but wherever a slight gap happens to be the wheels mustA necessarily jump the gap thereby causing sudden jarsv or jolts. To overcome this undesirable feature I have provided a plate 6, of suitable length, for joining the meeting ends of the rails, which plate contains a flange 7 that is bolted or otherwise secured to the ties 8 by bolts or spikes, 9. The flange 7 is somewhat wider than the lower flange 10, ofthe rails as shown, so as to afford a wide bearing upon the ties, and so `that the spikesor bolts are spiked to the ties 3,'

may be placed at a considerable distance from the center of the plate, thereby obtaining a greater purchase upon the ties.

The plate 6 is formed with a rib 11, adapt# Aed to bear upon the web 12 of the rail and the contour of that portion* of the plate 6 and flange 7, which is contiguous with the rail, is made to conform thereto as clearly shown in Fig. 3. 'A of the rail is thus afforded, as well-as a recess 131, for one half of the flange 10. The rail practically litsvtheplate and rests directly upon the fiange thereof. JAplate 15 is positioned upon the opposite side of the rail which has a portion 16 that extends between the head and fiange of the rail, a lateral flange 17, that extends out from said.

portion and rests upon the flange ofthe rail, and a flat base portion 18, which rests upon theflange 7; The plate is bolted or otherwise secured upon the flange 7 by the same bolts or spikes-921 upon the ties and. bolts 1,9 extend through the vertical portion of the plates 6-15, and through the web of the rail nuts being provided upon the ends of the bolts for securely clamping the plates upon therail.

The upper riding edge or face :ZOof the plate 6 is constructed to be flush with the riding face of the rail, so that a practically continuous riding face is afforded. Relative vertical movement of the plate 6, with respect to the rails is practically.impossible,v inasmuch as the flanges ofthe rails are con-1 fined in the recess 13a of the plate 6, and for this reasonthere is little or no danger of the riding edgeQO of the plate getting out rails. Furthermore,- the entire rib 11 fits between the heads and flanges of the rails that boltdthe flange down` seat 13 for the headlet,

.of alinement with the ridingface of the and further prevents any relative vertical movement. The rails rest upon the flange 7 of the plate 6, and the pressure exerted by the carsv in passing over the joint'tends rather to hold the parts together, than to separate the plate from the rail as is the case when theordinary fish plate is used to connect the ends of rails. l

In Fig. 4, the riding edge is omitted from the plate and this form is' shown merely to.

illustrate the advantage of the fiange 7l upon ,the ordinary fish plate. cannot work away from the rail because the weight is directly upon the flange 7*.- VBoth forms are especially-advantageous Where-'vein The plate 6&-

there are curves or bends in the track. The edge Hush with the tread of the rails, a lte 1,5 vertical part should be placed upon the rails j.

on the outer side ofthe curve, so that it will resist the centrifugal pressure exerted 'by the cars in going around a curve. V

I claim as new and desire` to secure by Let ters Patent:

A rail jointrcomprising two rails whose ends meet inv alined relation to each other, a plate on one side of the rails having a rail supporting flange extended underneath the meeting ends of the rails, a ribof increased thickness bearing against the web 'of the rails and a Wide tread portion or riding on the other side'of the rails havino' a ange restingon the supporting flange o the first named plate and a portion bearing aginst the web of the rail, bolts for vclamping the plates and rails together and bolts passing'go through the anges of` the plates and through ties for clamping the plates together upon the ties.

- JOHN GICZEWSKI.

Witnesses: 'l

CHARLES O. SHERVEY, WM. P. BOND. 

